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| Date: From: Subject: | 6/12/2007 4:54:53 PM Home School Legal Defense Association HSLDA's Weekly Update--Grassroots Lobbying Protected |
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====================================================================== H S L D A ' s W E E K L Y U P D A T E ====================================================================== ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -> Are you "organizationally challenged"? Finding the time to organize your home, your schedule, and your silverware drawer is difficult enough. We have something that will take the pressure off as you organize your homeschool. Home School Minder will help with your schedule, lesson plans, grades, transcripts, and much more . . . everything except those missing socks. Free to families who join HSLDA for two years. More reasons to join HSLDA... http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=1935 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ##................................................................... >> Legislation in Your State If you live in California, Louisiana, New Hampshire or Oregon, click the link below for important news about legislation that could affect your freedom to homeschool. http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=3703 ..................................................................... Topics for June 12, 2007: 1. Victory--Grassroots Lobbying Protected from Federal Control 2. Several Counties Illegally Requiring Evaluation Deadline 3. Fruitvale Public Schools Tries to Oversee Homeschool 4. Attendance Officer Wants to 'Approve' Family's Curriculum 5. Public School Threatens Homeschool Family with Court Action 6. 'Home School Heartbeat': The Social Benefits of Homeschooling 7. 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Victory--Grassroots Lobbying Protected from Federal Control Over the past five months, Home School Legal Defense Association and other organizations achieved an historic victory--one which would have been impossible without the help of hundreds of thousands of homeschoolers and other concerned citizens. Read more about it at: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=4187 ..................................................................... 2. Florida: Several Counties Illegally Requiring Evaluation Deadline HSLDA received reports from our members that Lake, Glades, Bradford, and Miami-Dade counties were setting a specific deadline by which the year-end evaluations of homeschoolers were due. This requirement is illegal. Read more about it at: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=4188 ..................................................................... 3. Texas: Fruitvale Public Schools Tries to Oversee Homeschool When a Texas member family withdrew their children from public school in order to homeschool, they informed the public school as a courtesy. Their courtesy was reciprocated by unnecessary demands sent to them in a letter. Read more about it at: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=4189 ..................................................................... 4. Illinois: Attendance Officer Wants to 'Approve' Family's Curriculum A member family contacted us after public school officials demanded to review their daughter's curriculum. We informed the official that his request was not supported by state law. Read more about it at: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=4190 ..................................................................... 5. Michigan: Public School Threatens Homeschool Family with Court Action HSLDA intervened when public school district officials tried to tell a grandmother that she could not begin homeschooling her granddaughter. Read more about it at: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=4191 ..................................................................... 6. 'Home School Heartbeat': The Social Benefits of Homeschooling Socialization starts in the home. That's the subject of Rachel Gathercole's book, "The Well-Adjusted Child: The Social Benefits of Homeschooling," which she discusses this week with program host Mike Smith. Read more about it at: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=4192 ..................................................................... 7. Generation Joshua: Last Chance to Register for Family/Teen Camp Registration for the fourth annual Generation Joshua Family/Teen Camp closes Friday, June 15. The camp runs July 1-8 near Chattanooga, Tennessee at the YMCA Camp Ocoee. Read more about it at: http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=4193 HOMESCHOOLING IN THE NEWS Outside news items on home education ====================================================================== June 11: The Detroit Free Press, Detroit, Michigan Homeschoolers Head into World http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=4194 June 9: The Times, Ottawa, Illinois Colleges, Universities More Welcoming of Homeschooled Students http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=4195 June 9: WorldNetDaily.com Top Gun Homeschool Debate Kicks Off http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=4196 June 6: The Sheboygan Press, Sheboygan, Wisconsin Art Show Displays Talents of Homeschooled http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=4197 June 6: The Virginia Gazette, Williamsburg, Virginia Homeschool Has Graduated http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=4198 June 6: World Magazine Homeschooler Defies Germany's Strict Compulsory School Laws http://www.hslda.org/elink.asp?id=4199 > Links do not imply endorsement. 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